THE NAME MEANS GREAT PEOPLE. THEY WERE PART OF FIVE TRIBES LIVING IN SCLALUP. BEFORE THE WHITE MAN THE NANAIMO INDIANS LIVED HERE. THEY WERE KEEPING WATCH FOR THE HIDAS WHO WERE WHO WERE A POWERFUL TRIBE. THEY FILLED THEIR CANOES AND STARTED OFF FROM DEPARTURE BAY TO JOIN THE REST OF THE TRIBE. THREE BRANCHES OF THE TRIBE OF THE TRIBE UNITED. THEY CALLED THEIR GODDESS OF WAR TO GIVE THEM VICTORY TELLING ALL THE TRIBE. THE WAR DRUMS DRUMS SOUNDED AND ALL THEIR CHIEFS DREW UP THEIR WARRIORS IN BATTLE. THE HIDAS WENT TO NANAIMO RIVER AS THEY NEEDED FRESH WATER AND FORCED BATTLE THERE WHERE NUMBER 1 MINE IS TODAY. VICTORY WAS FOR THE NANAIMO TRIBE. THE HIDAS RETREATED AND MANY OF THEIR FOLKS HAD DIED.
AFTER THE BATTLE THEIR WAS A GREAT FEASTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER WAS OFFERED AS A SACRIFICE TO THE GODDESS OF WAR FOR BRINGING VICTORY. SHE WAS NAMED NANAMAH. THIS WAS THE WORD SHE BLEATED AFTER BIRTH. AFTER THE FEAST THE CHIEF CARVED ON THE FEAST.
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